Voting is going on. i can see as we speak, jim, going into this, considering that voter april pathy was a big concern and turnout for the first round was fairly low, you ve been talking to some of the voters there. what sense are you getting? what are they telling you? well, the fact is we re seeing no evidence of apathy here. quite a few people have come this morning. you can see there s now a waiting line out here outside the polling place, which goes all the way inside where they will actually cast their ballots. from this perspective, it s a very small perspective, there s not too much absenteeism in this polling place. we ll know more nationwide around noon when we get the first figures on absenteeism across the country. one of the very first people in line, in fact, the very first person in line this morning, was a lithuanian refee ju rea 70-year-old daughter of a lithuanian mother who was also
Minister is still considering cancelling his visas and say his lawyers have provided lengthy submissions and supporting documentation which will effect the timeframe for a decision. our held on a waiting line there. let s go back to the us now stop. president biden is calling it a defining moment for us democracy. he was in georgia today, calling on the us senate to create national rules for early voting and voting by mail and to restore state voting laws meant to prevent discrimination. this is one of the big drives of the biden administration after many republican controlled states introduced tighter voting regulations after the last presidential election. jim crow 2.0 is about two insidious things voter suppression and election subversion. it s no longer about who gets to vote, it s about making it harder to vote. it s about who gets
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Chain disruptions. problems from the pandemic have slowed shipping across the world. and now dozens of cargo ships packed with goods are just sitting off the coast of california waiting to be unloaded. cnn s kyung lah has the story. we got to pass this. reporter: to understand the problem on the ground you first need to see it from the air. we re flying right over the anchors just out of the south palm beach. reporter: this is where the global chain meets the u.s. economy has the u.s. commander. there are ships that are parking spots. we re effectively operating a waiting line in the pacific ocean. reporter: this bottleneck of container ships, as far as the eye can see, carries more than half the made in asia items purchased by the american consumer. you re looking to add all of
Your kids when they wonder where their gifts. dozens of cargo ships are stuck at the two biggest courts, cnn s kyung lah was riding along with the u.s. coast guard to give us a better look. we got to pass this. reporter: to understand the problem on the ground you first need to see it from the air. we re flying right over the anchors just out of the south palm beach. reporter: this is where the global chain meets the u.s. economy says coast guard demand steven bor. there are more ships that are in parking lots. we re effectively operating a waiting line in the pacific ocean. reporter: this bottleneck of container ships, as far as the eye can see, carries more than half the made in asia items purchased by the american consumer. you re looking at all of the electronic, you re looking at all of the home goods, you re looking at all of the things that people are looking to buy